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I had a sudden recollection from my junior school days in the late 80s - a man called Mr Fever from British Rail who came to our school and gave a frightening and graphic presentation of the dangers of trespassing on the railway. This was in Liss (Hampshire), in third-rail country, so there was...

Having moved to Cardiff about a year ago, I’ve seen the coal trains that run down the Rhymney line from Cwmbargoed. The coal comes from the Fros-y-Fran opencast mine near Merthyr Tydfil, which is closing on November 30th, so at some point the last trainload of coal will leave the site. That got...

Hi folks - I’ve just been through Whittlesford Parkway for the first time in ages and was surprised to see new-looking sidings on the east side of the station. They look as if they’re designed to allow a road vehicle to be loaded or unloaded from between the two sidings. Does anyone know what...

On Tuesday (26th July), I was on a Thameslink Class 700 (12-car variant) which left Cambridge and headed for Brighton. We had an unscheduled stop at Meldreth, with the driver announcing that there was an overhead wire problem ahead. The train came to a stand with only the rearmost coach...

Quotes from RailBusiness: here The 387s already have power sockets but not USB sockets, but presumably the 377s don't? I've not been on one in ages.

I've seen a number of videos of nuclear flask trains (Bridgwater -> Crewe, for example) being hauled by a 68 and an 88 working together. A search of the forums suggests that 68+88 pairs have been around for a while. These trains eventually find their way to an electrified line, but do they...

Mod - Split from this thread. ROG are leasing two 769s from Porterbrook for logistics traffic, according to Railway Gazette: https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/electro-diesel-multiple-units-ordered-for-postal-services.html (Edit: this is RG catching up...

For the last few weeks there's been quite a lot of activity at Cambridge station with an old siding being lifted and relaid. The only reference I can find to it is on the Thameslink Programme website, which is vague and out of date -...

Hi, I'm planning a model railway layout of a present-day (well - last twenty years or so, anyway) military rail terminal. I'm aware of a few of them, but wondered if there were any others that I'd missed - either open now or that have closed since 2000. The ones I know about are: - Marchwood...

Hi folks, Here's a picture that I cut out from an old Rail magazine of an MoD train. I'm interested in the two types of container wagons shown - could someone identify them? Thanks very much!

I've just noticed a sign has appeared at Cambridge that says "do not open doors this side". It's in the ballast on the "off" side of platform 7, near to the footbridge, and appears to be new (as of the last week or so). I can understand why you wouldn't want to open the doors on the wrong side...

I was looking at this map (linked from various Wikipedia articles about London stations) and noticed the very strange Caledonian Road station top right of the left hand diagram - coloured orange. The map shows it belonging to the Great Northern, and apparently reached by a switchback line from...

This looks interesting: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/technology/chiltern-railways-set-to-test-alternative-traction-system.html?channel=00 As far as I can tell, this means they'll be fitting a small diesel engine and some kind of hydraulic accumulator in the body of the DVT, and a...

An article has appeared on the Oxford Mail's website, interviewing Dave Penney, MD of Chiltern. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14965325.Spending_a_penny__rail_boss_on_exciting_plans_for_growth_on_the_tracks/ At the bottom of the article, he mentions gaining extra capacity into London...

Probably only of niche interest, but I can confirm that work has started to lengthen the Cambridge-bound platforms at Shepreth and Foxton stations to eight cars. This will allow the Class 700/0s to serve these stations without fouling the adjacent level crossings. Some temporary site safety...